yby

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *(ʔ)ɨβɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ꝁɯt͡spɨ.

Cognate with Guaraní and Mbyá Guaraní yvy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨˈβɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: y‧by

Noun

yby (unpossessable)

1. earth; soil (unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth)
2. ground (the surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground)
3. dry land (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)

   Synonym: ybyeté

Noun

yby (possessable)

1. (figurative) land; homeland; homeplace

   Synonym: etama

   Our kó xe yby supa rimba'e.

   They came to visit this land of mine long ago.

Derived terms

• 'araybysokeme
• mba'e ybybondûara
• yby 'apaba
• yby'ab
• yby'ama
• yby'amumbyaré
• yby'apaba
• yby'y
• yby'îaba
• ybyapetekypyra
• ybyasura
• ybyboboka
• ybybura
• ybyesapykanga
• ybyeté
• ybykasy
• ybykoî
• ybyku'i
• ybykuapaba
• ybykytã
• ybykûara
• ybyokamonhangara
• ybype
• ybypeba
• ybypypûera
• ybyryby'apaba
• ybysokaba
• ybysosok
• ybytimbora
• ybytinga
• ybytyra
• ybyyby'ab
• ybyîara

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: iwí

Noun

yby (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute tyby, R1 ryby, R2 tyby)

1. grave; tomb

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:karamemûã

2. buried human remains

Derived terms

• ybyaso'îaba
• ybypykaba

 

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “yby”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 518, column 1